Useful commands

Please note that the values in <> must be changed to your own values

Keys

Add new key

babylond keys add <key_name>

Recover keys from seed

babylond keys add <key_name> --recover

Show all keys

babylond keys list

Delete key

babylond keys delete <key_name>

Node configuration

Set custom port

port 56 was taken as an example, you can use numbers from 1 to 64 to set custom node port

BABYLON_PORT=56

sed -i.bak -e "s%^proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26658\"%proxy_app = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${BABYLON_PORT}658\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:26657\"%laddr = \"tcp://127.0.0.1:${BABYLON_PORT}657\"%; s%^pprof_laddr = \"localhost:6060\"%pprof_laddr = \"localhost:${BABYLON_PORT}060\"%; s%^laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:26656\"%laddr = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${BABYLON_PORT}656\"%; s%^prometheus_listen_addr = \":26660\"%prometheus_listen_addr = \":${BABYLON_PORT}660\"%" /$HOME/.babylond/config/config.toml
sed -i.bak -e "s%^address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${BABYLON_PORT}317\"%; s%^address = \"tcp://localhost:1317\"%address = \"tcp://0.0.0.0:${BABYLON_PORT}317\"%; s%^address = \":8080\"%address = \":${BABYLON_PORT}080\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9090\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${BABYLON_PORT}090\"%; s%^address = \"localhost:9090\"%address = \"localhost:${BABYLON_PORT}090\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:9091\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${BABYLON_PORT}091\"%; s%^address = \"localhost:9091\"%address = \"localhost:${BABYLON_PORT}091\"%; s%^address = \"0.0.0.0:8545\"%address = \"0.0.0.0:${BABYLON_PORT}545\"%; s%^ws-address = \"0.0.0.0:8546\"%ws-address = \"0.0.0.0:${BABYLON_PORT}546\"%" /$HOME/.babylond/config/app.toml

Config pruning

pruning="custom"
pruning_keep_recent="100"
pruning_keep_every="0"
pruning_interval="10"
sed -i -e "s/^pruning *=.*/pruning = \"$pruning\"/" $HOME/.babylond/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-recent *=.*/pruning-keep-recent = \"$pruning_keep_recent\"/" $HOME/.babylond/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-keep-every *=.*/pruning-keep-every = \"$pruning_keep_every\"/" $HOME/.babylond/config/app.toml
sed -i -e "s/^pruning-interval *=.*/pruning-interval = \"$pruning_interval\"/" $HOME/.babylond/config/app.toml

Disable indexing

sed -i -e "s/^indexer *=.*/indexer = \"null\"/" $HOME/.babylond/config/config.toml

Set minimum gas prices

sed -i -e "s/^minimum-gas-prices *=.*/minimum-gas-prices = \"0.00001ubbn\"/" $HOME/.babylond/config/app.toml

Validator configuration

Create validator

babylond tx checkpointing create-validator \
--amount 1000000ubbn \
--commission-max-change-rate "0.01" \
--commission-max-rate "0.20" \
--commission-rate "0.1" \
--min-self-delegation "1" \
--pubkey $(babylond tendermint show-validator) \
--moniker <BABYLON_NODENAME> \
--chain-id  \
--from <BABYLON_WALLET> \
--identity <KEYBASE_ID> \
--details <YOUR_TEXT> \
--website <YOUR_WEBSITE> \
--gas-prices 0.00001ubbn \
--gas-adjustment 1.5 \
--gas auto \
--yes

Edit validator

babylond tx checkpointing edit-validator \
--new-moniker <BABYLON_NODENAME> \
--identity <KEYBASE_ID> \
--details <YOUR_TEXT> \
--website <YOUR_WEBSITE> \
--chain-id  \
--commission-rate 0.05 \
--from <BABYLON_WALLET> \
--gas-prices 0.00001ubbn \
--gas-adjustment 1.5 \
--gas auto \
--yes

View validator info

babylond q staking validator $(babylond keys show <BABYLON_WALLET> --bech val -a)

Unjail validator

babylond tx slashing unjail --from <BABYLON_WALLET> --chain-id  --gas-prices 0.00001ubbn --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --yes 

Signing info

babylond query slashing signing-info $(babylond tendermint show-validator)

Token operations

Send tokens

babylond tx bank send wallet <DEST_WALLET_ADDRESS> 100ubbn --from <BABYLON_WALLET> --chain-id  --gas-prices 0.00001ubbn --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --yes

Delegate token to your validator

babylond tx staking delegate $(babylond keys show <BABYLON_WALLET> --bech val -a) 100ubbn --from <BABYLON_WALLET> --chain-id  --gas-prices 0.00001ubbn --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --yes

Delegate token to another validator

babylond tx staking delegate <VALOPER_ADDRESS> 100ubbn --from <BABYLON_WALLET> --chain-id  --gas-prices 0.00001ubbn --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --yes

Redelegate tokens to another validator

babylond tx staking redelegate $(babylond keys show <BABYLON_WALLET> --bech val -a) <TO_VALOPER_ADDRESS> 100ubbn --from <BABYLON_WALLET> --chain-id  --gas-prices 0.00001ubbn --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --yes

Unbond tokens from staking

babylond tx staking unbond $(babylond keys show <BABYLON_WALLET> --bech val -a) 100ubbn --from <BABYLON_WALLET> --chain-id  --gas-prices 0.00001ubbn --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --yes

Withdraw all rewards from staking

babylond tx distribution withdraw-all-rewards --from <BABYLON_WALLET> --chain-id  --gas-prices 0.00001ubbn --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --yes

Withdraw validator rewards and comission

babylond tx distribution withdraw-rewards $(babylond keys show <BABYLON_WALLET> --bech val -a) --commission --from wallet --chain-id  --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.00001ubbn -y

Governance

Vote "YES"

babylond tx gov vote <proposal_id> yes --from <BABYLON_WALLET> --chain-id  --gas-prices 0.00001ubbn --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --yes

Vote "NO"

babylond tx gov vote <proposal_id> no --from <BABYLON_WALLET> --chain-id  --gas-prices 0.00001ubbn --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --yes

Abstain from voting

babylond tx gov vote <proposal_id> abstain --from <BABYLON_WALLET> --chain-id  --gas-adjustment 1.5 --gas auto --gas-prices 0.00001ubbn -y

General commands

Check node status

babylond status | jq

Check service status

sudo systemctl status babylond

Check logs

sudo journalctl -u babylond -f --no-hostname -o cat

Restart service

sudo systemctl restart babylond

Stop service

sudo systemctl stop babylond

Start service

sudo systemctl start babylond

Disable service

sudo systemctl disable babylond

Enable service

sudo systemctl enable babylond

Reload service after changes

sudo systemctl daemon-reload